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<blockquote data-quote="VegasGeorge" data-source="post: 988522" data-attributes="member: 21096"><p>This from another board, good advice though:</p><p></p><p>Most USB drives out-of-the-box come formatted as FAT32. This prevents files of more than 4GB to be stored on them.</p><p></p><p>If your VM was created with the option to break the virtual disk into 2GB segments, then all you need to do is to copy the bundle containing the virtual machine to the USB drive. There's no need to create a zip file in this case.</p><p></p><p>If you did not choose to break the virtual disk into 2GB segments, then reformat your USB drive to MacOS Extended format using the Mac's Disk Utility. This will allow files of greater than 4GB, and will allow you to back up either the virtual machine's bundle folder or the zip file. Note: this will destroy all files USB drive, and the drive will not be usable with WIndows systems until you reformat it in FAT32 format.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VegasGeorge, post: 988522, member: 21096"] This from another board, good advice though: Most USB drives out-of-the-box come formatted as FAT32. This prevents files of more than 4GB to be stored on them. If your VM was created with the option to break the virtual disk into 2GB segments, then all you need to do is to copy the bundle containing the virtual machine to the USB drive. There's no need to create a zip file in this case. If you did not choose to break the virtual disk into 2GB segments, then reformat your USB drive to MacOS Extended format using the Mac's Disk Utility. This will allow files of greater than 4GB, and will allow you to back up either the virtual machine's bundle folder or the zip file. Note: this will destroy all files USB drive, and the drive will not be usable with WIndows systems until you reformat it in FAT32 format. [/QUOTE]
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